Video Game Pricing

[IcaroRibeiro]

I'm a third world country worker, so for me gaming is really expensive, a luxury

I can go as far as spending 10-15% (sometimes 20-25%) of my wage every month only with games and I, at best, buy 3 games a month (if it's a Nintendo physical game, then it's only one for a month). I can do this because I live with my grandfather and don't have wife or kids, once I start living all by myself I will need to stop gaming for a while (I will need to buy furniture instead of electronics like consoles) or just playing free games (have done that before when I was a teenager), I'm not really tempted to go back to piracy now I'm grown ass man

60 USD is fine I guess. It's expensive for me, but I do understand developers are working with first-world salaries and they need to be paid accordingly

My favorite revenue model is to sell games dirty cheap (15, 20 USD) and then charge me again for premium/complete experiences in form of DLCs and season passes. I know people hate to pay again for capped experiences, and they end being much more expensive than just charging 60 USD, but the point is: I don't need to buy DLC for every game, just for the few ones I truly like. With cheaper prices I can keep gaming a lot, and if I like the game enough I buy additional content